And Sleipnir bore he | to Svathilfari;

The worst of marvels | seemed the one

That sprang from the brother | of Byleist then.

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[43]. A heart ate Loki,— | in the embers it lay,

And half-cooked found he | the woman’s heart;—

With child from the woman | Lopt soon was,

And thence among men | came the monsters all.

[44]. The sea, storm-driven, | seeks heaven itself,

O’er the earth it flows, | the air grows sterile;